Toy cap gun



Aug. 10, 1948. M. M. FUJIWARA TOY CAP GUN 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 18, 1946 I11 renter Fujiwara 10, 1948- M. M. FUJIWARA TOY CAP GUN 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 18, 1946 v Inventor ack Fujiwara Aug. 10, 1948. M. M. FUJIWARA 2,446,698

TOY CAP GUN Filed Dec. 18, 1946 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 lulu/im- Mack M. Fujiwara Fig. I0.

Patented Aug. 10, 1948 UNITED PATENT OFFICE:

TOY CAP GUN Mack M. Fujiwara, Ghicago, Ill., assignor of forty per cent to. Hatsue Fujiwara, Chicago, Ill.

Application December 18, 1946, Serial No. 716,975

5 Claims, 1

This invention relates to a novel toy cap. gun. mbod n a sprin proje e sli in h mme adapted to be manually cocked after each. cap, firing operation, and a trigger operable to release the cocked hammer so as to, effect firing of an-. other cap brought into position for being struck by. the hammer.

An important object of the present invention is to provide simple and efiicient means for retract: ing the hammer to cocked position and for, releasably holding the hammer cocked.

Another object of the invention is. to provide simple and efficient means actuated by the ham,- mer for feeding a cap strip so that a new cap is brought intoposition for, being struck by the ham.- mer each time the hammer is retracted to cocked position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gun of the above kind which is comparatively. simple in construction, durable, and efiicient in operation.

More specific objectsand features of the inven. tion will: become apparent from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a side elevational view, partly broken away, of a toy cap gun constructed in accordance. with the present invention.

Figure 2 is, a View somewhat similar to. Figure. 1, with, a side plate and the. capfeeding and firing. mechanism removed.

Figure 3 is an enlarged. fragmentaryview of a portion of the gun shown in Figure l, with a side plate removed toreveal details of the cap feeding and firing mechanism, parts being in side. elevation and. partly broken away. and in section.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal section taken substantially on line 4-4. of Fig,- ure 1.

Figure 5. is a side elevational view of the construction shown in Figure 4, with a. side plate. removed to reveal the cap feeding and firing mechanism.

Figure 6 is a transverse section taken on line. 6-6:of Figure 3.

Figure 7' is a transverse section taken. on line. 1 1 of Figure 3.

Figure 8 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan view of substantially that portion of thegun constituting the forwardportion of Figure 3;

Figure 9 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse. section taken on line 99 of Figure 3.

Figure 10 isan enlarged detail, view of the cap strip feeding roller, the actuating lever therefor, and the spring. which provides a ratchet driving connection between said; lever and;said roller.

Referring in detail, to the drawings, the illus, trated form of the invention includes a suitable stock 5. having a tang extension 6 on its forward; end; Side P 33 51 i jfiflflll d. QQDDOS e id ot the tang extension 6 and the adjacent end portion of the stock 5 by means of screws 8 or the like, and these plates extend above and below the tang extension 6 as well as forwardly thereof, and terminate in reduced forward end portions 9. A spacin block I6, is secured. between. the reduced; endportions 9- of side plates 1 by means of screws. II or the like, and the rear portion of an imita: tion barrel I2 is seated upon the spacing block l0 and fitted between the reduced ends 9.: of plates I; being secure-d to said spacing block t0; by screws l3 or the like. The barrel 12 may be provided with sights l4 and I5, and the top of the space between the side plates 1 and. above. thetang extension 6 is partially closed by means. of a cover plate H5 v secured upon. the side plates.- I; and the adjacent end portion of stock 5, the for-.. ward end of cover plate L6 terminating in spaced relation to the rear end of the barrel l2 so as to. leave an exit opening for the ap rip a asat: I8. This provides a chamber between the plates 'l and above the tang extension 6 in which, is.

longitudinally disposed a guide cylinder I;9 for a,

7 such that when the hammer 20 is retracted, the

spring 24 is placed under compression sufficient, to project the hammer 20 with considerable force and for a sufiicient distance to impact and fire the cap of the strip ll positioned at the rear end ofv the anvil 23. Near its forward end. or directly. at the rear of the anvil 23, the guide cylinder H1 is provided at the top and bottom with slots 25. so as to permit upward passage of, the cap strip I] through the guide cylinder directly at the back of; the anvil 23. One side of the guide cylinder. [9. and the adjacent side plate 1 are provided with corresponding. horizontal elongated slots. 2.6.

and 21, respectively A handle rod 28 is rigidly attached to one side of the hammer 20. andproa, jects freely through the slots 26 and 2-! and out-,

Wardly beyond the plate 1 inwhich the slot 2]; is provided. Thus, the handle rod 28 may be grasped for manually retracting the plungerv 2.0- againstthe action of spring 24 tococked position.

1 A sear 29 is vertically slidable through thetang.

rod 2 8 so that the latter may be engaged behind:- the upper, end of the sear 2.9. for releasablyholda. ing the hammer, 20, in cocked position. A piv.-.

oted trigger 3| is operatively connected to the lower end of sear 29 for pulling the latter downwardly upon pressing rearwardlyon the trigger so as to disengage the sear from the handle rod 28 and thereby permit projection of the hammer 28 by the spring 24. The trigger 3| has a forward arm extending across a lateral pin 32 carried by the lower end of the sear 29 as shown in Figures and '1, the trigger being pivoted intermediate its ends to one of the side plates as at 33. A forwardly extending and inclined extension 34 is provided on the upper end of the sear 29, on which the hammer handle rod 28 rides to depress the sear when the hammer is retracted to cocked position and to render it unnecessary to depress said sear by actuation of the trigger 3| in order to allow movement of the handle rod 28 rearwardly past the upper end of the sear. For this purpose, the extension 34 extends forwardly beyond the forward limit of movement of the handle rod 28 as shown in Figure 3. Thus, after the hammer is projected, it is only necessary to grasp the handle rod 28 and manually retract the hammer until it passes rearwardly of the sear 29, the spring 38 then immediately elevating the sear so that the hammer handle rod 28 is engaged behind the upper end of the sear to hold the hammer in cocked position. A trigger guard 35 extends under the trigger 3| and upwardly in front of and behind the latter, the ends of said trigger guard being attached at 38 to the underside of the tang extension 6. As shown, the trigger 3| is of angular form or in the form of a bell-crank lever with the upper arm thereof extended forwardly over the pin 32 and from the pivot 33.

The cap strip I1 is arranged in a roll 31 and rotatably mounted below the forward end portion of the guide cylinder |9, said cap strip being extended upwardly from said roll through the slots 25 of the guide cylinder. As shown, the rolled cap strip is rotatably supported on a. spindle 38 slidably mounted in one of the side plates 1 and projecting into a socket 39 of a bearing plate 48 attached to the inner face of the other side plate 1. A compression spring 4| acts to project the spindle 38 to engage its end inth'e socket 39. The outer end of spindle 38 is provided with a handle 42 to facilitate retraction of the spindle against the action of spring 4| so that a new roll of caps may be placed in the gun when desired. A spacing block 43 is attached to the inner face of the side plate 1 which is remote from the bearing plate 48, thereby preventing undue lateral shifting of the roll of caps 31, as well as partially housing the spring 4|. Hammer actuated means is provided for intermittently feeding the cap strip upwardly from the roll 31, the feeding movement being imparted to the strip |1 when the hammer is retracted to cocked position. This means includes an idler roller 44 and a co-acting feed roller 45 journalled between the plates 1 on a plane between the forward end of the guide cylinder l9 and the roll 31, and upwardly between which the cap strip I1 is passed. The rollers 44 and 45 have ribbed or roughened peripheries so as to insure eflicient strip feeding action thereof, the roller 45 being secured upon a transverse shaft 46journalled in one of the plates 1 and having an outwardly projecting end equipped with a handle 41 so that the roller 45 may be manually turned to initially feed the strip |1 upwardly through the guide cylinder l9. As shown in Figure 9, the shaft 46 is tubular and has a shaft 48 received in the' inner. end portion thereof, the other end portion of the shaft 48 being received in a further tubular 4 shaft 49 journaled in the other plate 1 in axial alignment with the shaft 48. Shaft 48 thus maintains this axial alignment of the shafts 46 and 49 while permitting independent rotation of the latter. Secured on the shaft 49 is an actuating lever I 50 and disposed on the adjacent ends of the shafts 46 and 49 between the roller 45 and the lever 50 is a helical spring 5| affording a ratchet lid driving connection between the lever 58 and the roller 45.

It will be noted in Figure 10 that the ends of the sprin 5| are pointed or sharpened as at 52 so as to bite into the sides of the lever 58 and roller 45 when lever 59 is moved to turn shaft 49 in an anti-clockwise direction as viewed in Figures 3 and 5. The arrangement is such that when the lever 58 is swung to the left of Figure 3, the adjacent end of spring 5| bites into said lever and is thereby caused to turn. This has an expanding action on the spring 5| which causes the other end of spring 5| to bite into the side of the roller 45 and thereby cause the latter to turn with the shaft 49. In this way, each time the lever 58 is swung to the left of Figure 3 the strip I1 is fed upwardly from the roll 31 the proper distance to position a new cap directly behind the anvil 23. Conversely, when the lever 50 is swung to the right of Figure 3, or forwardly, it turns freely relative to spring 5| by causing a tightening of the coils of the latter and sliding past the adjacent end of the spring without turning the latter. At this time, the roller 45 remains still so as to have no feedin action on the strip I1 such as would cause downward movement of the latter. Lever 58 is connected with handle rod 28 by a link 53 so that the feeding movement of the cap strip I1 is automatically effected each time the hammer is retracted to cocked position. Specifically, rearward movement 0f the hammer causes rearward movement of link 53 and rearward swinging movement of lever 58 so that roller 45 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Figure 3. The roller 44 is carried by a shaft 54 mounted in the side plates 1, and a cover plate 55 is removably secured over the outer ends of the shafts 49 and 54 to retain them in place.

In operation, the spindle 38 is manually retracted against the action of spring 4|, and the roll of caps is inserted upwardly between the plates 1 so that the spindle 38 will be projected through the center thereof by the spring 4| when said spindle 38 is released. The roll of caps is thus rotatably supported in proper position, and the end of the cal) strip is passed upwardly between the rollers 44 and 45. By turning the shaft 46 through the medium of the handle 41, the cap strip is then fed upwardly through the slots 25 of the guide cylinder l9 so that a cap is located behind the anvil 23 in position to be struck by the hammer 28. The hammer 28 will of course, be retracted'to cocked position before this is done, and when the lower end of trigger 3| is pressed rearwardly the sear 29 is lowered out of the path of the handle rod 28, thereby allowing spring 24 to forcibly project the hammer 28 so that the latter will strike and fire the operatively positioned cap of the strip l1. Upon projection of the hammer 28, the lever 58 is swung forwardly without turning the roller 45. The handle rod 28 is then grasped and moved rearwardly so as to retract the plunger until the h'andlerod 28 is positioned rearwardly of sear 29. At this time, spring 38 elevates the sear 29 into the path of the handle rod 28 and retains the hammer in cocked position. This cycle of operation is repeated each time a cap is to be fired, a new cap being brought into firing position each time the hammer is retracted to cocked position by means of the ratchet driving connection between lever 59 and feed roller 45. When the roll of caps has been used, a new roll of caps can be readily inserted upon retraction of the spindle 35. It will thus be seen that the only manual operations required in firing the gun are the manual cooking of the hammer and the manual actuation of the trigger to permit pro-- jection of the hammer. The cap strip feeding operation is automatic Or incident to the cooking of the hammer, and the retention of the hammer in cocked position is automatic or incident to retraction of the hammer to cocked position.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the invention provides a construction for effectively carrying out the stated objects of the invention. Changes in details of construction and modifications may be made within the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. In a toy cap gun, spring projected sliding hammer having a lateral handle for retracting the same to cocked position, a guide cylinder for said hammer, an anvil mounted in one end of the guide cylinder, said guide cylinder being slotted for the upward passage of a cap strip therethrough directly behind the anvil, a vertically sliding sear engageable with the hammer handle to releasably retain the hammer in cocked position, a spring for elevating the sear into the path of the hammer handle, and a trigger for lowering the sear and permitting projection of the hammer for firing a cap positioned at the back of the anvil.

2. In a toy cap gun, a spring projected sliding hammer having a lateral handle for retracting the same to cocked position, a guide cylinder for said hammer, an anvil mounted in one end of A the guide cylinder, said guide cylinder being slotted for the upward passage of a cap strip therethrough directly behind the anvil, a vertically sliding sear engageable with the hammer handle to releasably retain the hammer in cocked position, a spring for elevating the sear into the path of the hammer handle, and a trigger for lowering the sear and permitting projection of the hammer for firing a cap positioned at the back of the anvil, cap strip feedin means, an actuating lever for said feeding means, a ratchet driving connection between said lever and said feeding means, and an operative connection between said lever and the hammer handle efiective to feed the cap strip a sufficient distance to bring a new cap into position behind the anvil each time the hammer is cooked.

3. In a toy cap gun, a spring projected sliding hammer having a lateral handle for retracting the same to cocked position, a guide cylinder for said hammer, an anvil mounted in one end of the guide cylinder, said guide cylinder being slotted for the upward passage of a cap strip therethrough directly behind the anvil, a vertically sliding sear engageable with the hammer handle to releasably retain the hammer in cocked position, a spring for elevating the sear into the path of the hammer handle, and a trigger for lowering the sear and permitting projection of the hammer for firing a cap positioned at the back of the anvil, said sear having a forwardly projecting and inclined extension on its upper end projecting forwardly beyond the forward limit of movement of the hammer handle, said hammer handle being arranged to ride on said extension for automatically depressing the sear when the hammer is retracted to cocked position.

l. A toy cap gun comprising a stock having a tang extension on its forward end, side plates secured on opposite sides of said tang extension and projecting above and below and forwardly of the latter, a spacer block secured between the forward ends of said side plates, a barrel member having its forward end secured between the forward ends of the side plates and upon said spacing block, a cover plate secured upon and spanning the space between said side plates, a guide cylinder disposed longitudinally of and Within the space between said tang extension and said cover plate and anchored to the tang extension, a spring projected sliding hammer arranged in said guide cylinder and having a laterally projecting handle for retracting the same to cocked position, said guide cylinder and one of said side plates having longitudinal elongated slots through which the hammer handle projects, a spring elevated vertically sliding sear mounted in and extending through said tang extension, said hammer handle being engageable behind the upper end of said sear when the latter is in elevated position for releasably retaining the hammer in cocked position, and a trigger operatively connected to the sear for lowering the latter out of the path of the hammer handle and permitting projection of the hammer.

5. A toy cap gun comprising a stock having a tang extension on its forward end, side plates secured on opposite sides of said tang extension and projecting above and below and forwardly of the latter, a spacer block secured between the forward ends of said side plates, a barrel member having its forward end secured between the forward ends of the side plates and upon said spacing block, a cover plate secured upon and spanning the space between said side plates, a guide cylinder disposed longitudinally of and within the space between said tang extension and said cover plate and anchored to toe tang extension, 2. spring projected sliding hammer arranged in said guide cylinder and having a laterally projecting handle for retracting the same to cocked position, said guide cylinder and one of said side plates having longitudinal elongated slots through which the hammer handle projects, a spring elevated vertically sliding sear mounted in and extending through said tang extension, said hammer handle being engageable behind the upper end of said sear when the latter is in elevated position for releasably retaining the hammer in cocked position, and a trigger operatively connected to the sear for lowerin the latter out of the path of the hammer handle and permitting projection of the hammer, an anvil secured in the forward end of said guide cylinder, said guide cylinder being slotted for the upward passage of a cap strip therethrough directly behind the anvil, and means operatively connected to the hammer for automatically feeding a cap strip upwardly each time the hammer is retracted to cocked position for presenting a new cap behind the anvil in position to be struck by the hammer when the latter is projected.

MACK M. FUJIWARA. 

